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Philip Martin

Philip Martin

Actor, Writer

Born July 3, 1938 in Liverpool, England

Died December 13, 2020

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Philip Martin (3 July 1938 – 13 December 2020) was an English television screenwriter. He created the BBC television drama series Gangsters in the 1970s and later wrote two television serials for Doctor Who during Colin Baker's tenure as the Sixth Doctor in the 1980s.

His early work included regular series such as Z-Cars in the late 1960s/early 1970s, but his most famous work is the postmodern television series Gangsters. This was an examination of race seen through an increasingly surreal vision of Birmingham's criminal underworld. Beginning as an acclaimed one-off edition of Play for Today in 1975, it was followed by two series of 6 episodes each in 1976 and 1978. Martin appeared in the series in several roles, including as himself.

His later work includes Tandoori Nights (1985), Star Cops (1987), Virtual Murder (1992), several episodes of Hetty Wainthropp Investigates and Luifel & Luifel (2001).

He wrote the Doctor Who serials Vengeance on Varos (1985) and The Trial of a Time Lord: Mindwarp (1986). He also wrote a script called Mission to Magnus which featured the character Sil from his previous televised serials. That script was never filmed when the show was put on hiatus in 1985. A novelised version of the script written by Martin was released by Target Books in 1990, and a Big Finish audio drama based on the serial was released in December 2009. He also wrote a Doctor Who gamebook called Invasion of the Ormazoids (1986) as part of the Make Your Own Adventure with Doctor Who range. His last contributions to the series were The Creed of the Kromon (2004) and Antidote to Oblivion (2013), as Big Finish audio releases. He also revisited the character of Sil in the independent broadcast television series from Reeltime Pictures Ltd., "Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor" (2019).

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Type

Year

Nice or Nasty?: The Making of Vengeance on Varos Documentary2012Self - Writer

Trials and Tribulations Poster

Trials and Tribulations Documentary2008Self - Writer

The Cult of... Poster

The Cult of... TV Series2006Self

Enslavement: The True Story of Fanny Kemble Poster

Enslavement: The True Story of Fanny Kemble TV Movie2000Josiah

Virtual Murder Poster

Virtual Murder TV Series1992Giles Bern

Gangsters Poster

Gangsters TV Series1976White Devil

BBC2 Playhouse Poster

BBC2 Playhouse TV Series1974Narrator

Play for Today Poster

Play for Today TV Series1970Rawlinson

The Indian Tales of Rudyard Kipling Poster

The Indian Tales of Rudyard Kipling TV Series1964Private Crosby

First Night Poster

First Night TV Series1963Snowy

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner Poster

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner Feature Film1962Stacy

Z Cars TV Series1962Charlie MacManus

Call Oxbridge 2000 TV Series1961Stan Buxton

Summer, Autumn, Winter, Spring TV Movie1961Ted Borlay

BBC Sunday-Night Play Poster

BBC Sunday-Night Play TV Series1960Len Jackson

No Hiding Place Poster

No Hiding Place TV Series1959Lee Gilbert

Dixon of Dock Green Poster

Dixon of Dock Green TV Series1955Fred Judson

ITV Play of the Week Poster

ITV Play of the Week TV Series1955Freddy Lewis

Writer

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Type

Year

Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor Poster

Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor TV Movie2019

Doctor Who: Mission to Magnus TV Series2009

Luifel & Luifel TV Series2001

Doctors TV Series2000

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates Poster

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates TV Series1996

Flash - Der Fotoreporter TV Series1993

The Good Guys TV Series1992

Virtual Murder Poster

Virtual Murder TV Series1992

Star Cops Poster

Star Cops TV Series1987

Tandoori Nights Poster

Tandoori Nights TV Series1985

The Bill Poster

The Bill TV Series1984

Shoestring Poster

Shoestring TV Series1979

Turning Year Tales TV Series1979

Gangsters Poster

Gangsters TV Series1976

BBC2 Playhouse Poster

BBC2 Playhouse TV Series1974

New Scotland Yard Poster

New Scotland Yard TV Series1972

Play for Today Poster

Play for Today TV Series1970

Thirty-Minute Theatre Poster

Thirty-Minute Theatre TV Series1965

Doctor Who Poster

Doctor Who TV Series1963

Z Cars TV Series1962

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